Magazine attachment for rifles.



PATENTED APR. 11, 1905. I

. M. H. UOTTOM. MAGAZINE ATTAGHMENT FOR RIFLES.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.14.1903.

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MAGAZINE ATTACHMENT FOR RIFLES.

APPLICATION FILED 0UT.14,1903.

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UNTTED STATES Patented April 11, 1905.

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MAGAZINE ATTACHMENT FOR RIFLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 786,798, dated. April11, 1905,

Application filed October 14, 1903. Serial No. 177,049.

10 all whom zit may concern:

Be it known that 1, MORRIS H. OOTTOM, a citizen of the United States,residing at J unction, in the county of Lemhi, State of Idaho, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Magazine Attachments forRifles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to magazines for firearms; and it has for itsobject to provide a magazine which may be attached to an ordinarysingle-shot rifle and which will hold a number of cartridges in suchposition that they may be conveniently removed by hand successively andinserted into the firing-chamber of the rifle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficientmeans for retaining the cartridges in the magazine and for permittingthem to successively feed from the magazine.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, in which likenumerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a gun-barrel having attachedthereto a magazine embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a bottomperspective view of the magazine. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view ofthe retaining-swing. Fig. 4 is a horizontal longitudinal section throughthe magazine. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section of the magazine.

Referring now to the drawings, the present magazine comprises acylindrical tube 5, having its forward end closed by means of a cap 6,which is fitted thereover, said cap being provided with a transversedovetail plate 7, which is designed for engagement withasimilarly-shaped transverse groove 8 in the under side of a gun-barrel.The rear end of the tube 5 is likewise provided with a sleeve 9, whichis fitted thereover and which carries a transverse dovetailed plate 10,which engages a similar groove 11 in the under side of the gunbarreladjacent to the rear end of the latter, it being noted that thismagazine is disposed longitudinally beneath the gun-barrel. T/Vithinthat portion of the tube 5 which is received in the sleeve 9 is disposeda cushion in the form of a rubber plug 11, the under side of the tube 5being cutaway directly adjacent to the sleeve 9, as shown at 12. Theplug 11 is of sufiicient length to project into the cutaway portion 12.

Within the tube 5 is disposed a helical spring 13, which rests with oneend against the closure of the forward end of the tube and with its rearend against the plunger 14, which is slidably mounted in the tube. Abutton 16 has its stem 17 passed through a slot 18, formedlongitudinally of the under side of the tube 5, and is engaged in theplunger, so that by pressing said button in the direction of the forwardend of the tube the helical spring will be placed under tension and theplunger will be forced forward, so that a number of cartridges may beplaced in the tube between the plunger and the cut-away portion 12. Whenthe button is released, the spring is permitted to urge the cartridgesrearwardly through the tube. To hold the cartridges normally against theaction of the helical spring, a retaining device is provided andconsists of a spring-plate 18, having a sleeve 19, which is fitted uponand secured to the tube, while at the opposite or rear end of the plate18 is a spring hookfinger 20, which part way encircles the tube 5. Atthe base or attached end of the hookfinger is a retaining-linger 21,which projects laterally across or part way across the open rear end ofthe tube, so that it will engage the rearmost cartridge and by holdingit against rearward movement will prevent the helical spring fromforcing the cartridges from the tube. \Vhen it is desired that thespring shall feed a cartridge from the tube of the magazine, the plate18 is shifted laterally to carry the finger 21 from behind thecartridge, and the latter is forced by the spring rearwardly against thecushion 11, the cartridge being removed from this last position by theoperator. The finger 21 is forced from its active position by pressureagainst the hook-finger 20, the resilience of the plate 18 permitting ofthis operation. When the retaining-finger moves from active position,the spring forces m "WT l the outermost cartridge from the magazine andagainst the rubber plug or cushion, the ball end of the cartridge atthis time lying within the rear end of the magazine with the nextcartridge against it, as illustrated in Fig. 4. of the drawings, thesecond cartridge being held just off from the retaining-finger, so thatthe tension of the spring serves to hold the expelled cartridge firmlyagainst the rubber cushion, so that it will not fall from place. Towithdraw the expelled cartridge, it is grasped between the fingers andis moved rearwardly to compress the cushion 11 and to move its ball endout of the rear end of the magazine, after which it is withdrawnlaterally from beneath the end of the magazine and the cushion, thecartridge just ahead of it being moved by the spring into positionagainst the retaining-finger, where it is held until theretaining-finger is again shifted to inactive position.

It will be noted that the sleeve which contains the rubber plug isprovided with wings 23, which lie at the side of the plug and projectbeyond the free end thereof, so that the base of the cartridge isreceived between them and is held by them against lateral displacement.

hat is claimed is 1. A magazine for rifles comprising a tube having acut-away portion adjacent to one end, a plunger in the opposite endportion of the tube, a spring within the tube against the plunger andadapted to urge the latter in the direction of the cut-away portion,said tube being adapted to receive cartridges between the plunger andthe -cut-away portion, a retaining device disposed to hold thecartridges from movement into the cut-away portion, said retainingdevice being movable into and out of active position, and a cushion atthe opposite side of the cut-away portion from the plunger, said cushionbeing disposed for contact by the cartridges successively as they passfrom the tube into the cut-away portion and to hold them with theirforward ends in the tube, said cushion being susceptible of compressionto permit of the withdrawal of the cartridges from the cut-away portion.

2. A magazine for rifles comprising a tube having its extremitiesclosed, said tube being cut away adjacent to its rear end and having acushion in its rear end portion projecting into the cut-away portion, aspringin the forward end of the tube, a plunger disposed against therear end of the spring and movable in the tube under the influence ofthe spring, means connected with the plunger for sliding it against theaction of the spring, and a spring-plate secu red at one side of thetube and provided at its rear end with a retainingfinger lying in thecut-away portion of the tube and part way across the rear end of theforward portion of the tube, said spring-plate being movable with itsretaining-finger into and out of said cut-away portion.

3. A magazine for rifles comprising a tube having its extremitiesclosed, said tube being cut away adjacent to its rear end and having acushion in its rear end portion projecting into the cut-away portion, aspring in the forward end of the tube, a plunger disposed against therear end of the spring and movable in the tube under the influence ofthe spring, said plunger and cushion being arranged to hold a pluralityof cartridges therebetween with the rearmost of said cartridges lyingwith its rearward end against the cushion and with its ball endprojecting into the tube, said cushion being susceptible of compressionto permit of withdrawal of said rearmost cartridge from the cut-awayportion.

4:. A magazine for rifles comprising a tube having its extremitiesclosed, said tube being cut away adjacent to its rear end, a cushiondisposed in the rear end portion of the tube and projecting into thecut-away portion and arranged to hold a cartridge within the cutawayportion with its rearward end resting against the cushion and with itsball end projecting into the tube forwardly of the cutaway portion, saidcushion being susceptible of compression and being arranged whencompressed to permit of withdrawal of the cartridge from the cut-awayportion.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORRIS H. (JOTTOM.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN J. CARR, I'IARLES A. JOHNSON.

